topic Re: Expect for 10.20? in Operating System - HP-UX

Expect for 10.20?

Robin Abecasis — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:58:57 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone out there could point me to a version of Expect that can be installed on a HPUX 10.20 server. The server has no compiler or anything, so it would have to be swinstall'able.

Thanks in advance,
Robin

Re: Expect for 10.20?

Suraj Singh_1 — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:52:58 GMT

Did u try http://expect.nist.gov/#unix ?

Re: Expect for 10.20?

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:14:33 GMT

http://hpux.connect.org.uk

If its not there, you will need to compile it on another machine.

SEP

Re: Expect for 10.20?

Joseph Loo — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:22:32 GMT

hi,

refer to this:

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Tcl/expect-5.43/

u must install tcltk first before building or running expect.

regards.

Re: Expect for 10.20?

Robin Abecasis — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:12:37 GMT

Thanks for your replies, how-ever i should have mentioned that compiling is not an option, since the 10.20 server does not have a compiler.

Also, yes, i tried the PortingArchive, but they in their infinite wisdom only provide HPUX 11.X installs (not much of an archive then is it!?).

I am hoping someone out there has an old depot file for Expect. I don't need the latest/greatest... just something i can install on 10.20 without compiling.

Thanks in advance,
Robin

Re: Expect for 10.20?

TwoProc — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:34:45 GMT

Gcc is a free compiler if it gets down to that. I've not used it, but from reading the forums I gather that others use it sucessfully.

Re: Expect for 10.20?

Robin Abecasis — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:37:31 GMT

Yeah i know, but again, i can't find GCC in a depot for 10.20 - and with no compiler on the machine, i can't compile GCC either. Its a vicious circle!

Thanks anyway... Robin

Re: Expect for 10.20?

TwoProc — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:53:11 GMT

Actually you're machine comes with a c compiler and linker - but not the ansi standard one. Is it possible that gcc would compile itself with the vanilla c compiler? Probably not. You've also got another problem - you've got to get Tcl/Tk installed (and maybe compiled).

Re: Expect for 10.20?

Robin Abecasis — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:11:55 GMT

We remove all compilers from production servers as a security feature. Ahhh well, makes it interesting now! :)

Cheers,
Robin

Re: Expect for 10.20?

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:17:28 GMT

Your security "feature" has now made it impossible to build kernels since the Bundled C compiler is required for that. That also means that kernel-related patch installations are going to fail. Moreover, minor system tuning is now going to be an ordeal.

Re: Expect for 10.20?

TwoProc — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:47:41 GMT

Taking A. Clay's comment a bit further... I'm sure you're required to keep the latest security patches on your system to maintain security compliance, but you can't patch b/c you don't have the c compiler. What fun those security compliance things are!